Hotel Technology Next Generation

Potomac, Maryland and Chicago, Illinois | Accuvia and Hotel Technology Next Generation (HTNG) today announced an alliance to promote hospitality technology in Europe and the Asia-Pacific regions through the highly successful HOSTEC events. The alliance will be launched at HOSTEC-EURHOTEC 2006 () and HOSTEC-ASIA 2006 (). HOSTEC-EURHOTEC runs alongside Hotelympia in London from February 19th to 23rd, 2006, and HOSTEC-ASIA is co-located with the FHA Show in Singapore from April 25th to 28th, 2006.

The new alliance further expands the relationship that has been developed over the past few years between the HTNG and Accuvia. HTNG has been an Association Sponsor and Exhibitor at past HOSTEC events and Accuvia has been an active supporter of HTNG’s efforts. In 2004/5, HOSTEC attracted close to 7,000 visitors interested in hospitality technology at each of its events in the United Kingdom and Hong Kong.

As part of the alliance, HTNG will host a “HTNG Pavilion” at each of the HOSTEC events, where HTNG members will be invited to participate, and where information about HTNG will also be distributed. HTNG continues to be an HOSTEC Association Sponsor and will participate in educational sessions in the Seminar Theaters, as well as a Networking Receptions during each event. Future plans call for the alliance to be expanded to include an HTNG Technology Thought Leadership conference to run alongside HOSTEC.

“We are very pleased to once again be working with Accuvia and HOSTEC” said Douglas C. Rice, the Executive Director of HTNG. “Bringing together operators and suppliers of hospitality technology around the world is one of the key initiatives of HTNG, and the ability to use the HOSTEC events as a platform will greatly facilitate that process. Nearly 30% of our members are based in Europe and Asia, and the vast majority of the remainder have significant operations in those markets. Partnering with Accuvia and HOSTEC will provide HTNG with more and better opportunities to showcase the work that our members are already doing, and to educate the industry about future technologies that will impact our industry.”

Rob Grimes, the Chairman & CEO of Accuvia, adds "we are delighted to be expanding the relationship we have developed with HTNG since its inception in the hospitality technology marketplace. We view this alliance as an opportunity for us to give to the industry and also to be an integral part of the strategically important work that HTNG does. Accuvia’s overall goals are to help in the promotion and education of technology throughout the industries we serve. By partnering with groups such as HTNG and other trade associations, we are able to advance these objectives. We are very excited about the opportunities this relationship brings to the hospitality industry on a global basis, and are very pleased to be a part of helping to make it happen with HTNG.”

About Accuvia: Accuvia (), with its world headquarters in Potomac, Maryland in the U.S. is a leading global technology force in consulting, event development, and publishing for the hospitality, foodservice and retail industries. Accuvia, with its partner Nations Restaurant News, produces and manages FS/TEC, the U.S.-based international technology conference and exhibition for the foodservice industry.

About HOSTEC: HOSTEC () was founded by Accuvia in London, United Kingdom in February 2000. In 2002, Accuvia and The International Hotel and Restaurant Association (“IH&RA” www.ih-ra.org) joined forces to combine the HOSTEC and EURHOTEC events to form HOSTEC-EURHOTEC, which is operated in conjunction with FreshRM in the United Kingdom. In 2005, HOSTEC-ASIA held its first Asia-Pacific regional event in Hong Kong alongside of HOFEX, the major regional hospitality event organized by Allworld Exhibitions and Hong Kong Exhibition Services. HOSTEC Marketplaces were also established in Birmingham, United Kingdom within the Hospitality Show in 2005 and within the FHC show in Shanghai, China in 2005.

About Hotel Technology Next Generation: The premier technology solutions association in the hospitality industry, HTNG () is a self-funded, non-profit organization with members from hotel and hospitality companies, technology vendors to hospitality, and other industry members including consultants, media, and academic experts. HTNG's members participate in focused workgroups to bring open solution-sets addressing specific business problems to the hospitality market.

Membership in HTNG is open to hotel and hospitality companies, technology vendors to hospitality, consultants, academics, press and others. Currently more than 300 companies and individuals from across this spectrum are active HTNG members. Workgroup proceedings, drafts, and specifications are published for all HTNG members as soon as they are created, encouraging rapid and broad adoption.

Contact
Katie Mazzuca
Senior Director of Marketing and Events
United States - Schaumburg, Phone: +1 312 690-5034
Fax: +1 703 814 8555
Email: katie.mazzuca@htng.org

Organization
Hospitality Technology Next Generation (HTNG) - AHLA
www.ahla.com/htng
1250 Eye Street N.W., Suite 1100
USA - Washington, DC 20005
Phone: 1 202 289 3100
Email: ewilson@ahla.com